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Courtesy of Racer: Bryan Ortiz didn’t let an early exit in Saturday’s Battery Tender Global Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich race get him down, instead he made it his mission to get the win on Sunday, which he did with a last-lap pass. For the second time in as many races, the Global Mazda MX-5 Cup race came down to a last lap pass for victory, with polesitter Nathanial Sparks finishing ...Continue Reading

Courtesy of Road and Track: Glickenhaus might not roll off the tongue like Pagani. It might not sound as exotic as Koenigsegg. But Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus, or SCG for short, Jim Glickenhaus's plucky, New York-based race team and supercar company, is easily in the same league as these boutique hypercar makers.
"You go to Koenigsegg for wild engineering, Pagani for works of art," Glickenhaus...Continue Reading

Courtesy of Racer: With three race weekends down and three to go, it’s getting down to the wire as the Battery Tender Global Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich Tires championship battles heat up all across the field.
With three different titles on the line and a grand total of $290,000 in support up for grabs, the Global Mazda MX-5 Cup has plenty of racing left before the champions emerge...Continue Reading

Courtesy of Sportscar 365: Pirelli World Challenge is making its return to Portland International Raceway this weekend, marking the series’ first trip to the venue since 2005
Dino Crescentini won the GT event that year in a Corvette C6, leading a podium of Leighton Reese and Wolf Henzler. Randy Pobst was the winner in the Touring Car race in a Mazda 6, while Eric Curran and Matt Richmond join...Continue Reading

Courtesy of The Drive: Back in April, Ford announced it was essentially giving up on everything in its lineup that wasn't a truck or SUV. Amurica, am I right? General Motors may still be sticking with sedans, but it's massively invested in the truck market as well. Just four years ago, GM started rolling out a refreshed offering in a segment that had been all but abandoned in the states—the mids...Continue Reading

Courtesy of The Drive: The world is full of frustrated racers, myself included. Racing is an expensive sport, and until tires, fuel, and handmade chassis cost as much as a basketball or a golf club, motorsports will be for the wealthy and a lucky few.
The barriers to getting into racing are significant as most aspiring racing drivers have to self-fund their careers with the hopes of making it b...Continue Reading

Courtesy of Automobile: PONTIAC, Michigan — Ford has changes in store for the Mustang Shelby GT350 designed to upgrade its uber-pony/sports car with handling improvements for the 2019 model year. The mid-cycle upgrade features new suspension calibrations, a new wheel design, new tires, and improved aerodynamics, according to Mustang engineering chief Carl Widmann.
The new tires are Michelin P...Continue Reading

Courtesy of Automobile Magazine: Ford has changes in store for the Mustang Shelby GT350 designed to upgrade its uber-pony/sports car with handling improvements for the 2019 model year. The mid-cycle upgrade features new suspension calibrations, a new wheel design, new tires, and improved aerodynamics, according to Mustang engineering chief Carl Widmann.
The new tires are Michelin Pilot Sport Cu...Continue Reading

Courtesy of Bloomberg: Mustang GT Fastback – an updated, faster and more beautiful version of sports coupe – transformed by all-new Performance Package 2 into car for the ages.
Ford Motor Company is not well.
Last month, total car deliveries plunged 15 per cent, while overall sales fell 4.5 per cent.
Year-on-year sales in the United States dipped more than 4 per cent from 2016.
The...Continue Reading